Ports News
Canadian Unions Plan Court Challenges to Arbitration Ending Port Strikes
The unions representing the foremen for ports in British Columbia and the dockworkers in Montreal both responded angrily to the...
Read More >>ILA Breaks Off Negotiations Over Automation Issues for East Coast Ports
The tumultuous relationship between the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Al...
Read More >>Canada Orders Binding Arbitration to Reopen BC and Montreal Ports
Canada’s federal government stepped in on Tuesday, November 12, imposing final and binding arbitration for the lab...
Read More >>Australia Outlines Case to Move Fremantle Container Port to Enable Growth
The Government of Western Australia has completed the development and study of the business case determining that the mo...
Read More >>Canada’s Supply Chains in Jeopardy as Montreal and BC Lockout Dockworkers
Experts are predicting that Canada is facing a supply chain crisis with a widespread impact on the economy as the termin...
Read More >>Talks Over Future Home for Famed Battleship USS Texas Continue
The port of Galveston and the trustees for the WWII battleship USS Texas have returned to the negotiating table to talk...
Read More >>CMA CGM Renews Terminal Lease at Latakia, Syria's Notorious Smuggling Port
The French shipping company CMA CGM has recently renewed its contract at Syria’s largest port, Latakia. According...
Read More >>“Concerning Absence of Urgency” as Canadian Port Strikes Get Nasty
Strikes are continuing on each of Canada’s coasts shutting down many of the busiest ports in the country. As the a...
Read More >>Vessels Pile Up as Foreman Lockout Continues at Canada’s West Coast Ports
The strike/lockout of the foreman for the dockworkers union in Canada is continuing with reports that there are no new t...
Read More >>China's Navy Could Use Peru's New Mega-Port
COSCO Shipping is about to commence a soft opening of its newly-constructed container terminal in Ch...
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